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Small 12mo in 8s and 4s, ll. [125], a few pages shaved at foot, just touching signature letters;
contemporary full mottled calf, spine in compartments, decoratively gilt, gilt-lettered spine label,
joints a little dry, else fine; from the Macclesfield library, with book plate to front pastedown and
blindstamp to title; a fine copy.
Later edition of an early ready-reckoner, a compilation of multiplication tables first
published in 1585 and attributed to a piemontese mathematician Monte Reale. The first
section contains multiplication tables, the second a brief military interlude with
instructions on how to calculate simple battle or parade formations with a given number
of soldiers. The remaining chapters deal with interest rate calculations and exchange
rates.
The first edition had been published in 1585, and apparently there were two more
editions in 1633 and 1645 before the present one.
See Cerboni p. 39 for edition of 1585; see Riccardi, II. c. 181; all early editions are rare, the Bibliotheque
Nationale records only the edition of 1645, the French copac also records the 1633 edition, RLIN/OCLC
list just Columbia (1585) for any early edition.
66.
[READY-RECKONER.] Tableau des Rapports du Poids Decimal du Royaume de
France, avec l'ancien Poids de Marseille, calculé depuis un Kilogramme jusqu'à un
Million, daprès les bases données par la Commission des Poids et Mesures, nommée par
Mr le Préfet du Département des Bouches-du-Rhône, en Ventôse an 10. Nouvelle
l'Edition, corrigée et augmentée. Marseille, Jean Mossy, 1831. $640
Tall 8vo, (190 x 55mm) pp. 208, tables throughout; contemporary full sheep, extremities a little
rubbed, but fine.
Later edition of a handy conversion guide for weights and measures, with the tradition
tall narrow shape, designed to fit into the tradesmen's pocket. Earlier editions had
appeared in 1802 and 1810.
All editions are rare; Harvard has 1810 edition.
Signalling Numbers
67.
REQUENO, Vincenzo. Scoperta della Chironomia, ossia dell'Arte di Gestire con le
Mani. Parma, Fratelli Gozzi, 1797. $1300
8vo, pp. viii, 141, [1] imprint, [1] errata, 3 engraved plates; uncut in the original pale blue wrappers;
spine a little chipped and corners worn; a crisp and very wide-margined copy.
First edition of this very attractive and curious introduction into the art of 'chiromania' ,
or talking with one's hands, used not only in mime, but in a wide range of situations. The
author begins with a historical overview, and then discusses the use of hands and fingers
in counting and calculating in classical antiquity. The left hand indicates numbers up to